An anthropologist studying conspiracy theories is just the second researcher in the country to win a European Research Council grant, a small step forward as Slovakia struggles to improve its research system

Four years after the government passed the ‘Constitution for Science’, academics continue to debate whether the reforms are having the intended impact

Synergies between the EU’s research programmes and money for research channelled through regional funds should be helping bridge the east-west divide in R&I, but gaps in regulation and lack of know-how on the ground are hindering progress